I made it to the beautiful city of Copenhagen! My flight left at 10pm from O’Hare, and I don’t think I really felt like I was leaving until Kevin dropped me off and I was all alone. There were a lot of DIS students on my flight, so the couple hours before we boarded me plane were spent talking with a bunch of them. Hopefully I see them again! There are almost 700 students here this semester! The flight was pretty uneventful. I sat next to another DIS student from Seattle, so I talked to him a lot and slept about 5 hours. They fed us mashed potatoes and beef stew for dinner (ehhhh…) and a ham sandwich and OJ for breakfast (weird…). Then I checked in with DIS at the Copenhagen airport and my Danish roommate, Jessica picked me up and took me to our little apartment.
Here is my room:
It’s a little messy right now… Don’t hate! I just moved in! We also have a little kitchen and living room. Oh and our bathroom is literally a closet. You have to pull curtains over the toilet and in front of the door, and the drain is just below the sink. I think it’s about a 3’x3’ space. Very efficient, indeed.
Last night Jessica made me a traditional Danish dinner, some meat patties, potatoes, and salad. We stayed up talking for a long time with her roommate whose room I am now living in. She was just back from Norway for a couple days visiting.
This morning I had to be at DIS at 9am for the welcome ceremony, which meant I had to wake up at 7am (about midnight at home). Let’s just say I was a little tired. After some speeches by DIS staff, we broke up into teams of six for a scavenger hunt, which we decided not to complete. Instead we walked around the city exploring and we each grabbed a slice of pizza for lunch. Since we didn’t have anything to do for like another 4 hours, me and another girl in my group, Gabby, walked around Copenhagen some more and grabbed coffee together. She got an $8 latte and I got a $4 coffee (it was itsy bitsy and no free refills!), but we were very cold and tired from walking. Here are some photos I took while we were walking around:
Then we went to the cultural immersion fair where I learned about signing up for yoga classes. I am going to go to the free class first to see if I like the instructor… otherwise I will buy my own cheap yoga mat and just do yoga on my own. I am very excited to start classes! Tomorrow we have some more orientation stuff in the morning, but the afternoon is completely open. I wonder what the day will bring tomorrow.
PS. I forgot to mention that I got lost on the way home today. Actually I got lost this morning in the city too, but a nice Dane helped me find my way. Tonight I couldn’t remember which train to take back home since I have to switch trains and there were three to choose from. I went to the wrong stop, so I had to turn around and try the next one. I was sort of freaking out… but it was a learning experience!
Until next time,
Emily
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